Neck and Neck

[sunburywhite]

Pardew and Jol

Who is the worst and who will get sacked first

[Berserker]

 I was naughty and put a £10 on it a couple of weeks ago, although in reality I want us to do well and Jol not get the sack

[horse1031]

pardew...  if they lose cabaye they might have a tough go.

[Rhys Lightning 63]

12/1 at Coral, might be worth a sneaky £5

[St Eve]

Doesn't Pardew have a long contract? They can't afford to sack him.

[Enter the Frei]

Doesn't Pardew have a long contract? They can't afford to sack him.

It's very unlikely he'd get the full 8 years worth if he was sacked. It's more likely to be one or two years worth of pay.

[Burt]

Hughes.

[fulhamben]

pardew is worst and as to sack neither. jol will not extend after this season, as he is probably frustrated at having to sign freebies and loans.

[epsomraver]

Not as frustrated as Fulham fans are with his tactics and our boring football for 18 months

[fulhamben]

Not as frustrated as Fulham fans are with his tactics and our boring football for 18 months

yep not impressed with our central midfielders but if thats all we can get then we will just have to put up with them.

[Roberty]

I was naughty and put a £10 on it a couple of weeks ago, although in reality I want us to do well and Jol not get the sack

If you were at a public school some years ago you would have got "six of the best" for being naughty.
How life has changed - now you are just going to be sent to sit on the "naughty step".

[grandad]

Pardew as he has had loads of cash to spend whilst Jol has had to do it on a shoestring. I think Jol must be frustrated as hell & wouldn´t blame him if he resigned after the January window if he isn´t given sufficient funds to invest.
We can´t keep promising managers that there will be funds available for the right player & then not sanctioning 3 million for a player. I am amazed that Jol has managed to assemble the players he has by hardly spending at all.

[TonyGilroy]

Khan's said all the right things.

I think he'll want to understand English football before taking any action and whiilst he's no doubt a quick learner I think Jol's job is safe for some months no matter the results and performances.

There really isn't much obvious managerial talent out there.

Of the 13 clubs that we're competing with who's manager would we really think would do better than Jol?

Paul Lambert for sure and maybe Martinez or Houghton but I'm not convinced. Allardyce of course but that would make me tear up my season ticket. Clarke's obviously a good coach and Laudrup's a maybe.

None of the others.

Real managerial talent rises higher.

[King_Crud]

Doesn't Pardew have a long contract? They can't afford to sack him.

It's very unlikely he'd get the full 8 years worth if he was sacked. It's more likely to be one or two years worth of pay.

I remember when he signed it was said that Newcastle could sack him without paying him out, hence the long contract

[Jack Fulham]

Doesn't Pardew have a long contract? They can't afford to sack him.

It's very unlikely he'd get the full 8 years worth if he was sacked. It's more likely to be one or two years worth of pay.

If you look at his annaul salary though, I believe its one of lowest in the premier league. Something like 500k per year. Jol will be on something between £1-2 Million a year.

I think Pardew will go first. I don't think Jol will get sacked.

[mangoputney]

Not as frustrated as Fulham fans are with his tactics and our boring football for 18 months

+1

[alfie]

We have played 3 games so far, won 2 lost 1
I don't think it is the standard of play the club worry about, but the results.

[RaySmith]

We have played 3 games so far, won 2 lost 1
I don't think it is the standard of play the club worry about, but the results.

:plus one:

I don't get the obsession with 'entertaining' play - to me it is entertaining if we win, and not if we lose, no matter how much good football we play.

Good football is winning football as far as I'm concerned.

[the nutflush]

We have played 3 games so far, won 2 lost 1
I don't think it is the standard of play the club worry about, but the results.

:plus one:

I don't get the obsession with 'entertaining' play - to me it is entertaining if we win, and not if we lose, no matter how much good football we play.

Good football is winning football as far as I'm concerned.

So was that rubbish they served up at Sunderland good football?  Please...

[RaySmith]

Yes it was - a very good away win on our first game of the season at a difficult place.

There are other qualities in football besides  scoring goals - and this a very good defensive performance.